wefted hair coming loose too easily

Hi,
I've got a problem with hair pulling from the weft too easily in certain brands of extensions. I've now stopped buying from them but want to wear the hair I already got (as clip ins). I use an extension brush to go through them and get rid of tangles isntead of combs or brushes which helps but still the amount of hair lost on a daily basis is pretty crazy. Is there anything I can do to the weft to prevent the hair falling out so easily?
Thanks

I use the weft sealer from www.hairextensions101.com on all the commercial hair I buy. It works better than anything else I've tried.

Bonding glues do not make good weft sealers. Eventually these glues will wear away and require re-application. (Some faster than others, but they will all eventually wear off) Plus if you are wearing a bonded install, the "sealer" will be compromised by whatever method you are using to remove the bonded install.. (Remember if acetone will break the glue down to remove the install, it will also break down your "sealer" too) That said, I know that some ladies do in fact use these glues for that purpose.. Just be aware, that you will have to re-seal the hair at some point. (If you are wearing the same hair for multiple installs, this means you may have to re-apply the "sealer" after every install)

Another product often recommended for weft sealing is Fray Block or Fray Check. I personally think that Fray Block and Fray Check are terrible weft sealers as they are VERY thin.. Aleene's Stop Fraying is a better alternative as it is a much thicker product.. IMO a good weft sealant must be able to form a bond with the hair in order to be effective. For this to occur, the sealant must have some viscosity.

(Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to being deformed by either shear stress or extensional stress. It is commonly perceived as "thickness", or resistance to flow. Viscosity describes a fluid's internal resistance to flow and may be thought of as a measure of fluid friction. Thus, water is "thin", having a lower viscosity, while vegetable oil is "thick" having a higher viscosity.)

Fray Block and Fray Check are low in viscosity, whereas Aleene's Stop Fraying has a higher viscosity, as does the weft sealer that HE101 sells. There are other similar products available at your local fabric stores. Two years ago I tried an experiment to test a lot of these products side by side for effectiveness as weft sealers. I won't bore you with the LONG list of glues that I tried, but with the exception of Aleenes Stop Fraying, I personally rejected many of these other products as ineffective due to either lack of viscosity, flexibility (how hard did they dry), the product's inability to resist heat and water, or a combination of all of these factors. HTH

Edited by Divavocals - June 01 2008 at 9:21pm

You may not have Alene's in the UK. Check with a fabric store for sealing fabric so it doesn't fray.